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street gullies; flushing of sewers; watering of roads in hot weather; spraying
of dust vans during the hot weather before leaving the shoot, and for all other
purposes required by the Council.
MALE AND FEMALE LAVATORIES, PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE URINALS, WATER TROUGHS, ETC.
During the year the conveniences generally (both private and public) have
received regular attention, and repairs and improvements have been effected
from time to time; one new urinal has been erected near the Low Level
Railway Station, an improvement on the old iron obsolete urinal that previously
existed. This year has also seen the opening of male and female lavatories on
The Green. This has supplied a much felt want In this locality, and
minimised the nuisance that was so prevalent in the vicinity. Free accommodation
is provided for both sexes, and although it has not paid so well as I
anticipated, probably when the place is more known we may expect better
results. The amount collected during the year from the w.c.'s and Wash and
Brush Up on The Green was £113 16s. The amount collected from the male
and female lavatories at Angel Road was £133 4s.
Both male and female attendants continue to carry out their duties in a
satisfactory manner.
I regret to have to again report that much wilful damage has been done
to the water fittings of the various drinking fountains and water-troughs.
If the offenders could only be caught and prosecuted it might have a salutary
effect,
DUST COLLECTION.
The collection of dust is still carried out by contract. The district for the
purpose of collection, is divided into three parts. The number of vans employed
regularly is six, with extra picking up vans for holidays, and the clearing of
refuse from the Edmonton Infirmary and the Metropolitan Asylum's Board
Institutions now occupied by the Belgian Refugees. The number of vans is
insufficient, the district should be divided into four parts, and there should be at
least eight vans regularly employed besides the vans used for picking up refuse
from the institutions, etc. The sheets that I adopted for the dust contractor to
fill up, showing the daily collection, proves conclusively that some of the streets
do not get a weekly collection.
The contractor states that he is doing the best he can, but owing to the war
he cannot obtain more labour at present.